Resilient vehicle-tire.



L. P. PLOCK. RESILIENT VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 27.1914.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914,

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mhvtmeooeo LEE 1?. FLOCK, OF FYFFE, ALABAMA RESILIENT VEHICLE-TIRE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. re, ieia.

Application filed March 27,1914. Serial No. 827,645.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, LEE P. FLooK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Fyfi'e, in the county of Dekalb andState of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Resilient Vehicle-Tire;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved construct-ion of resilientpneumatic vehicle tire, and the object of the invention is to constructor mold acomposition fabric core merging or tapering into a heavycomposition fabric central piece arranged between two pneumatic tubes,and connected to the adjacent edges of a fabric covering extending aboutthe core and the pneumatic tubes, all of which is designed to be incasedin the usual tire casing.

In practical fields the details of construc- 4 tion may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved tireconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalperspective View showing the usual outer casing removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the core ofthe tire, which is molded or.c0nstructed of a composition of fabric,canvas and some suitable plastic material as shown. This core issubstantially of a V-shaped contour, merging or tapering into a heavycentrally arranged piece 2, like- Wise constructed of fabric or canvasand some suitable plastic material. This central piece is arrangedbetween two .pneumatic tubes 3, and constitutes means to balance thetread. Surrounding thecore and the pneumatic tube is a fabric or canvascovering 4:, the adjacent portions 5 of which are connected at 6 to thelaterally extending por-' tions 7 of the centrally arranged piece 2.

This form or construction of tire may be incased in any usual form oftire casing, as shown at 9 in Fig. 1, which tire casing is connected tothe usual form of rim 10. Extending through the rim and into thepneumatic tubes are the usual forms of check valve controlled tubes 11,whereby the pneumatic tubes may be inflated. By this construction oftire, the same cannot become totally disabled, it being very difi'icultfor even one of the pneumatic tubes becoming punctured, owing to theparticular shape of the core which overlies both tubes. However, if onetube becomes punctured, the other remains intact, in which case thevehicle may continue in its travel, substantially regardless of thedistance. When one tube becomes-punctured, the centrally arranged piecebalances and maintains the core substantially in its normal position,the connection 12 between the covering and the core assisting in thisregard. In other Words, when one or the other of said tubes becomesdeflated, by reason of a puncture, the core has a slight tendency tolean toward the punctured pneumatic tube, and. in so doing, pullsagainst the covering 4, owing to the connections 12.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis A vehicle tire comprising a substantially V--shaped core, mergingortapering into a centrally arranged supporting piece terminating inlaterally extending portions, a pair of pneumatic tubes, oneupon eachside of the centrally arranged supporting piece,

and over which each side of the core overlies,

thereby protecting the tubes, and a covering of fabric surrounding thecore and the tube and connected to laterally extending portions of thecentral piece.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in'thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEE P. FLOCK.

Witnesses:

P. C; HALE, E. M. BAKER.

